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“Revise FEPC
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THE INFORMER. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13.4943 —
President Tells Paul McNutt
Railroad Hearing:
All Delayed Case:
To Be Continue
WASHINGTON, D. C.—(ANP)-
President Roosevelt recently in-
structed Paul V. McNutt, chairman
• of the WMC to call a conference to
revise and strengthen, the power
and seope of the FEPC.
Hearings Assured
, The President stated that “when
the machinery has been established
to meet the problems," the commit-
tee would hold hearings of discrim-
ination lodged against the railroad
companies of the nation. He said
other cases that have been delayed
would also be continued.
Hearings on public carriers sched-
uled for January 28 were ordered
postponed by McNutt during the
chief executive’s absence from this
country to attend the historic con-
ferences on the war at Casablanca,
French Morocco, West Africa.
Negro leaders and other minority
groups interpreted the postpone-
ment of the rail hearings, the first
time the committee sought to
carriers operating in the south-
eastern states.
Make Announcement at Luncheon
The President made the announce-
men* of the request for re-organiza-
tion of the FEPC after a luncheon
engagement with McNutt and Atty.
Gen Francis Biddle. He praised the
past performances of the committee,
said members and leaders of groups
opposing discrimination in war in-
dustries would be invited to the
conference.
One of the complaints against the
organization of the President's com-
mittee by Negro leaders and repre-
sentatives of other minority groups
has been that it lacked sufficient
power to make its dictates effective
Walter White, secertary of the
NAACP, stated last week that to
wage an effective battle against
discrimination in industry, the
committee must be armed with
“sanctions such as the right to
impose money penalties and pris-
on sentences and to hold public
hearings when war contract hold-
ers, labor unions or government
officials refuse to comply" with
committee orders.
Observers expressed the opinion
that the presence at the White
House of Biddle might tend to in-
dicate that the President was seeg-
challenge discrimination on an in-
dustry wide scale, M Mr. Roose-
velt’s capitulation to the dictates
of the Bourbon South.
The hearings on the railroads
were designed to focus public at-
tention on alleged discriminations
in the industry against Negro work-
ers, and in unions composed of rail-
road employees. Particular atten- ing legal advice for grounds to im-
tion was to be paid to unions and pose sanctions.
Houstonian Pays Homage
. We here highly resolve that these ”
dead shall not have died in vain ■.,.
in another war for freedom, PRIVATE EUGENE
JOKER of Houston Texas, and Coast Guardsman LAWRENCE THOMAS
NO%Rls‘, FoOLly, N. Y., pay homage to Abraham Lincoln at the Lin-
coin Memorial in Washington, D. C.. _
British Parliament Member
Confers With Ne
NEW YORK. +KANP) — Arthur
Creech Jones, the outstanding mem-
ber of the British parliament who
has stood up for the rights of the
African people, met last Tuesday
with a group of Negro leaders to
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Listed By Station
HOUSTON -The Houston office
of the WAAC Recruiting station
at Preston and Travis, this week
reported marked activity in the
application for memberships among
Negro women.
A list of those who have been
accepted and sworn in as full fledg-
ed WAAC members since January
13 through February 9 follows:
Mrs. Girlie Mae Porter, 3523 Win-
burn Street, Houston, Texas; Miss
Rita Marie Sampey, 2220 Erauster -
Street, Houston, Texas, Miss Helen
M. Adams, 3504 Farmer Street,
Houston, Texas; Miss Annie Bell
Bledsoe, 1009 St. Charles. Houston,
Texas; Miss Cora V. Collier, Altair
Texas.
Miss Juanita Bouttee, 3708 Orange
Street, Houston, Texas; Miss Mit-
tie B Dunham, 3418 Elgin Street,
Houston, Texas; Mrs. Laura J.
Lewis, 1509 Valentine, Houston,
Texas; Mrs. Gladys Johnson, 2802
McKinney, Houston, Texas; Miss
Dorothy Mae Jones, 281'0 Nance,
Houston, Texas; Miss Hester Holmes,
4610 (K) (R), Galveston, Texas;
Miss Dorothy Mae Teal, Caldwell,
Texas; Miss Ruth Woods, 1780
Gladys, Beaumont, Texas; Miss Ber-
nice Speights, 606 Autrey, Beau-
mont, Texas.
Mrs. Manuella E. Allyne, 1720
Dowling Street, Houston, Texas;
Miss Vertie B. O’ Gilbert, 5402 Jack-
son Street, Houston, Texas; Miss
Bivian, L. Standifer, Caldwell, Tex-
as; Miss Mary L. Linden, Port
Arthur, Texas; Miss Willie
Brown, Chriesman, Texas.
Slaps Arm Lock On Bomber
Army napped
During the fleeting visit of SGT.
JOE LOUIS BARBOW to the Field
B. Artillery Replacement Training
Miss Edith Toran, Goose Creek.
Texas; Miss Ola Mae Hines, Prairie
View College; Miss Eula M. James,
Beaumont, Texas; Miss Rosa L.
Breson, Hempstead, Texas; Miss
Alice Picney, Port Arthur Texas;
Miss Ruby L. Seals, Houston, Texas.
Miss Mary B. August, 1612% W.
Webster, Houston, Texas; Miss An-
nie Williams, 4th Street, Orange,
Texas; Miss Lillian J. Brantley,
2523 Del Monta Dr.. Houston, Texas;
Miss Jerrel Lawrence, Chriesman,
Texas; Miss Dorothy Lee Howard,
848 Wellford St., Port Arthur, Tex.
Miss Golden Pickney, 108 Dele-
wars, Beaumont, Texas; Miss Lole-
ta C. McKinley, 2820 Avenue I.,
Galveston, Texas; Mrs. Mamie R.
Battise, 823 Titsingh Ave., Port
Arthur, Texas; Mrs. Josephine I.
Clark, 1129 Kansas, Port Arthur,
Texas; Mrs. Viola C. Johnson, 1140
Kansas, Port .Arthur, Texas; Mrs.
Center at Fort Sill, he stumbled
across SGT. LUTHER C. WILSON,
31st Battalion Headquarters, who
has had close combat training. De-
spite his diminutive stature, Ser-
geant Wilson slapped an armlook
on the Bomber, "just for fun.”
“Just goes to show you,” says Wil-
son, "nobody's too big for you if
you've had Ranger training—but I
still wouldn’t step into the ring with
Joe.” Sergeant Wilson is the son of
Q. B. Wilson, 2317 Mill St., Hous-
ton, Texas.
for Hastie s
Resignation
NEW YORK - (ANP) - Duttoo
Ferguson managing editor of Op
portunity magazine, official organ
of the National Urban league, dis-
patched a telegram to President
Roosevelt this week lauding the
historic conferences at Casablanca
At the same time the editor de
nounced army policies that resulted
in he resignation of Judge William
Hastie civilian aide tc the secre- '
tary of war
The telegram read:
“The democratic world now ap
plauding your safe return from the
North African mission, is shocked
at conditions in the air force com
mand leading to the protest resigna-
tion of William Hastie, former civi
lian aide to the secretary of war.
“The world implores you to re
move from departmental head
quarters those officials now giving
positive aid and comfort to our
enemies through tactical ineptness
and disastrous judgment in the in
tegration of loyal, competent Ne
gro Americans in all our armed
services
“Thu war effort sutlers a tragic
loss at this time through Mr. Has-
tie’s resignation. Democracy suffers
a setback ”
PEE-WASHINGTON BIRTHDAY
PARTY
There will be a pre Washington
birthday at Wesley Chapel 4 M.
E. churen sponsored by the senior
missionary Feb. 19, at 8 o'clock-
Principal speaker will be Mr. He-
man Sweatt. You will miss a rare
treat of you miss hearing him.
Mrs. Phoebe Walker, president
Rev. T. J. Clement paator
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AFL Union Bars Negroes
To Shipyards, W MC Told
SAN FRANCISCO. — (ANP)— ermakers’ union.
. An advisory conimitte recently
" told the WMC that "a supply of
labor which is desperately needed”
* had been withheld when Local 513
of the Boilermakers union had dis-
criminated against Negroes seek-
ing jobs at the Richmond ship-
yards on the bay.
According to one federal of-
ficial “working people them-
selves" must change their atti.
tudes towards Negro workers be-
fore unions can be expected to
cooperate fully. He also suggest-
ed that “a little clearer direct-
ive from Washington to employ-
ers and workers” is necessary.
FAMILY REUNION HELD
GARWOOD — On Christmas day of
1942 the Dervin family held their family
Reunion dinner at the home of L. E. Der-
vin in San Antonio, Texas. Many of the
family and friends were present at the
dinner table, which waa loaded with all
kinds of delicious foods. Those present
were: Mr. and Mrs. Alec Coats. Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. White, Willie and Wedie Der-
vin Rev R. D. Dervin, Mrs. F. D. Seter,
Sadie Williams, Henry Lawson and seve-
ral grandchildren of San Antonio, G. H.
Dervin of El Campo and Rev. R. D.
Dervin of Garwood, Texas.
After the reunion, the family members
departed, hoping to meet next year at
Garwood, Texas Many other friends, too
numerous to mention here, were on hand
to witness the occasion.
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Makes Comment . . — ...
__The committe chairman. Judge
Theresa V. Smith, 2727 Ave. F., S. J. Lazarus, of the state superi- VI £ VCL CUE Willi
Galveston Texas: Miss Pearl D or court, declared that members . —
Gabriel. 822 Wellford. Port Arthur, have arrived at the "inescapable with Iron, Calcium,Vitamin 1,
Gabriel. 824 Wellford. Fort A conclusion” that the AFL affiliate
had "prevented Negro men and
women from bei g employed
Richmond shipyards solely
cause they were Negroes.” "
The jurist charged that the em-
ployment practices of the local
were "in direct contradiction” to
President’s Executive Order No.
8802 that makes it mandatory up-
on both labor unions and employ-
ers to “provide for the full and
equitable participation in defense
industries of all workers without
discrimination because of race, col-
or, creed or national origin.”
Gabriel, 822 Wellford, Port Arthur,
Texas; Mrs. Helen R. Newton, 2500
Harrison, Beaumont, Texas; Miss
Estella Coverson, 1923 Olympia Dr.,
Houston, Texas.
BROOKSHIRE
Pyt. James Brantley has left Camp
Wallace and is now stationed at Camp
Stewart, Ga. Pvt. Brantley was home
on a visit before leaving for Georgia.
He enjoyed the short stay with rela-
tives. and friends.
Brady Wright of the U. I. navy train-
ing station in Norfolk, Va., was home
on a furlough and is doing fine in this
branch of the service.
K. J. Browy, Ray Shelton, Freddie
L. Shelton and Arthur Clemon left for
the navy Jan. 14,* 1948, and are now
stationed in Norfolk, Va. They are doing
fine.
gro Leaders
exchange views on the whole ques-
tion of colonies and colonial policy.
Mr. Jones, who is a representative
of the British Labor party and is
parliamentary private secretary to
Ernest Bevin of the British cabinet,
was accompanied by Col. Rex Ben-
son of the international labor office
of the League of Nations. The meet-
ing was arranged by Dr. L. D. Red-
dick of the New York Public
library and took place in the Schom-
burg collection of Negro literature
of the library.
Outlines New Developments
Mr. Jones outlined the new de-
velopments of British colonial policy
in Africa and the West Indies and
held out hope that the constantly
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expanding progressive sentiment in
England would assure the develop-
ment and welfare of the so-called
colonial peoples. However, he did
not minimize the difficulties of root-
ing out vested interests and Church-
hill conservatism. Neither did he
gloss over what he termed the
“black spots” in British policy and
practice, past and present
The Negro leaders, who repre-
sented several of the weekly news-
papers and the large national or-
ganizations like the NAACP, the
National Urban League, the March-
On - Washington - Movement, the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Port-
ers and the YWCA, affirmed the in-
terest of Negro Americans in what
was taking place in Africa and the
West Indies. They thanked Mr.
Jones for his efforts in the British
parliament where he is considered
the champion of the cause of the
African colonials.
‘ In exchange of views there
was a show of deep disappoint-
ment that British policy, as well
as that of the other European
nations, had not been specific in
outlining the stake of the African
peoples la the war against fascism.
There was criticism of the failure
to promise dominion status and
self government to advanced areas
in West Africa and in the West
Indies where a sufficient body of
educated colored leadership al-
ready exists. There was a general
agreement that American opinion
should be more active in its con-
structive criticism of colonial
policy in England and elsewhere.
In this way the progressive forces
would be strengthened.
Among the Negro leaders pres-
ent were: Roy Wilkins of the
NAACP, editor of the Crisis; B. F.
McLaurin, of the March-on-Wash-
ington-movement and "the Brother-
hood of Sleeping Car Porters;
Llewellyn Ransome, of the People's
Voice; A. M. Wendell Malliet of the
Amsterdam Star-News; Mrs. C. C.
Saunders, of the Harlem YWCA; Ed-
ward Lewis, of the New York Ur-
ban League; Kingsley Mbadiwe, of
Ngieria, West Africa; Mrs. Dorothy
Homer, of the 135th Street branch
of the New York Public library;
the Rev. S. H. Sweeney, of St.
Marks AME church; James E. Allen,
of the Association for the Study
of Negro Life and History; Mrs.
John Hope, wife of the late presi-
dent of Atlanta University; Mrs.
Thyra Edwards, of the People’s
Voice; Eugene Gordon, of The Daily
Worker; Charles Granison, of PM;
Angelo Herndon, editor of the Ne-
gro Quarterly; George S. Schuyler,
of the Pittsburgh Courier; Mrs.
Catherine Latimer; Miss Ernestine
Anthony; Mrs. Roberta Thompson,
and Dr. L. D. Reddick, of the New
York Public library, who served as
chairman.
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Judge Lazarus’ report written
to the regional director of the
WMC further stated that in each
of a dozen cases brought be ore
the advisory committee “the
failure to obtain employment in
shipyards can be laid at the door
of Local 513‘s refusal to clear
qualified Negro applicants.
“Some of those had weeks,
months and years of training; oth-
ers were anxious to enter the
training schools provided in the
shipyards. Most were referred to
the jobs through the United States
Employment service; and a great
many had received a hiring slip
from the company. Only the dis.
criminatory policy of Local 518
stood in their way.”
Efforts Fail
The chairman also charged that
all the committee’s efforts to
“meet with representatives of the
union and clarify the matter
across the conference table” had
ended in failure.
Eighteen specific complaints of
discrimination were attached to'
the report and Judge Lazarus de- |
clared that:
“Discrimination does a vast
disservice to the cause of democ-
racy, perpetrates an even great-
er disservice to the war effort
itself.”
Homer E. Patton, international
representative of the Boilermak-
ers’ union, denied the charges in
the Lazarus report. He said that |
several thousand Negro workers
are now employed at the Richmond
shipyards operated by Henry J.
Kaiser, and that several hundred
had been cleared by the union since
last August when it received its
charter.
Reports Label Union
The Lazarus report made the
Boilermakers union “look bad” ad-
mitted Patton, but he said that his
union had been willing “to act as l
■ guinea pig to force all of the
unions into line.”
A spokesman for the USES de-
clared that Richmond yards em-
ploy between 5,000 and 6,000 Ne-1
groes.
The investigation into charges
of discrimination against Ne-
groes in the shipbuilding indus-
try was begun last August. At
that time it is understood that
approximately 3,800 Negroes
were employed at Richmond, and
that more than 2,500 of them
were members of the Boilermak-
ers’ union.
It was reported that other un-
ions were refusing Negroes mem-
berships and the Boilermakers
sought a “showdown” and were
willing to “take a beating” in the,
Lazarus findings to bring the sit-
uation to light.
Of approximately 8,900 persons
hired at Richmond last month it
was revealed that between 200 and
800 were cleared through the Boil-
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